Fruit-jar holder.



No. 719,128. PATBNTBD JAN. 27, 1903- B; P. MuGUIRE. FRUIT JAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. 1902.

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UNTTan STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD P. MCGUIRE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO ALBERT W. \VISHARD, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

FRUIT-JAR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,128, dated January 27, 1903. Application filed May 19. 1902. Serial No. 107,978. (No model.)

To (0 wItmn it may concern:

- Be it known that I, EDWARD P. MCGUIRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Jar Holders, of which the following is a specification.

In the filling of cans or jars, especially-with hot preserved foods, considerable difficulty is experienced in handling the package during the process of filling; and the object of my invention is to provide .a device within which the package may be held conveniently and of such character as to facilitate the introduction of material into the package.

The accompanying drawing, which is a perspective view of my device with the usual form of glass jar held therein, illustrates my invention.

In the drawing,10 indicates a platform,preferably provided with a surrounding flange, as shown, within which the package 11 may be placed. Rising from one side of the platform 10 and secured thereto is a standard 12, upon which is secured a handle 13, said handle being vertically adjustable upon the standard and held in any desired position of adjustment by means of a suitable thumbscrew 14. Pivoted at 15 to the handle 13 is an arm 16, which carries at its outer end a funnel 17, adapted to enter the month of the package 11. Arm 16 is provided at its outer end with a thumb-piece 18, by means of which the funnel may be thrown up out of alinement with the package, as indicated in dotted lines, in order to facilitate the introduction and withdrawal of the package.

In operation the package 11 is placed upon the platform 10 and handle 13 adjusted vertically upon standard 12 until the funnel 17 maybe thrown down, so as to enter the mouth of the package. The material to be introduced into the package may then be very easily introduced through the funnel 17. When the package has been filled, the funnel is withdrawn into the position shown in dotted lines by pressing upon the thumbpiece 18, the filled package withdrawn, and an empty package placed in position.

I claim as my invention 1. A package-holder consisting of a package-receiving platform,a handle carried thereby, a funnel pivotally mounted upon the handle upon an axis substantially parallel with the platform, and a thumb-piece carried by the funnel, whereby the funnel may be swung by the hand which holds the holder.

2. A package-holder consisting of a package-receiving platform, a standard carried thereby, a handle adjustable upon said standard toward and from the platform, and a funnel pivotally mounted upon the handle to be swung in a vertical plane into and out of alinement with the package-receiving platform, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 14th day of May, A. D. 1902.

EDWARD P. MCGUIRE. [11. s.]

Witnesses:

ARTHUR M. H001), JAMES A. WALSH. 

